Eid advance train tickets from Aug 8
Sale of advance train tickets for Eid ul-Azha will begin from August 8.Bangladesh Railway will continue the advance ticket sale till August 12, railways minister M Mazibul Huq said at the briefing at Rail Bhaban
Bangladesh suffer dramatic loss in 2nd ODI
Bangladesh wasted a very good opportunity to seal their first series win in overseas for nine years when they lost the second one-day international of three-match series against West Indies by three runs in Guyana on Thursday
DCs asked to speed up dev works before polls
Ministers on Wednesday asked the field administration to take action against sand lifting from rivers and expedite development works before next general poll and reduce their protocol duties for important persons.
Five children killed in Cox’s Bazar landslides
Five children, including four of the same family, were killed and three others were injured in two incidents of landslide at Cox’s Bazar district town and the district’s Ramu upazila Wednesday morning due to heavy rainfall
Sakib withdraws from CPL amid criticism
Bangladesh Twenty20 skipper Sakib al Hasan on Wednesday withdrawn his name from the forthcoming Caribbean Premier League, scheduled to start from August 8.
Floods likely in north, northeastern regions next week
Weather forecasters on Wednesday predicted more rains in the upstream over the next week and inside Bangladesh in the next two days.
Five killed in Cox’s Bazar landslide
Five people including four members of a family were killed and four others injured in separate incidents of landslide, triggered by incessant rainfall for the last couple of days in Sadar and Ramu upazilas of the district on Wednesday.
PM asks DCs to eliminate tender manipulation, extortion, drugs
Prime minister Sheikh Hasina on Tuesday asked the deputy commissioners to take action against tender manipulators, extortionists, muscle flexors and dealers of drugs irrespective of their party affiliation and without any hesitation
The quota system needs to be reformed
DURING the British rule of India, a famous politician in the undivided Bengal province once said, ‘The politics of Bengal is in reality the economics of Bengal
Ease Rohingyas’ safe return
The United Nations Security Council on Monday urged Myanmar to step up efforts for Rohingya refugees to return to the country safely and voluntarily.
